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Michelle Obama Heads Back to Oprah, Staying in Public Spotlight
By David Knowles - AOL NewsDo you get the feeling that these two women like each other? First Lady Michelle Obama headed to Chicago on Thursday for a taping of "The Oprah Winfrey Show." Obama's interview is said to be focused on ways that the nation can support families who have a member in the United States military. The show will air next week and comes at a time when Mrs. Obama has been very much in the public eye. On Wednesday, the first lady announced that she was forming a partnership with Wal-Mart to help combat childhood obesity. Executives from the retail giant said they would put pressure on their ...
Oprah Winfrey Launches Her OWN Cable Network
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW YORK -- Oprah Winfrey's network has begun not with a bang but with redeclared purpose by the Queen of Daytime for her new round-the-clock cable channel venture. After years in the planning and months of hype, the moment of launch on Saturday at 12 noon EST was rather quiet. Buried in the middle of a holiday weekend (though boasting the numerically catchy date 1-1-11), The Oprah Winfrey Network, or OWN for short, arrived free of glitz with a one-hour preview special hosted by Winfrey, host of the syndicated "The Oprah Winfrey Show." She offered a hearty overview of the live-your-best-life ...
Love Her or Hate Her, Oprah Moves On to Her Next Big Thing
By Carla Baranauckas - Politics DailyOn Saturday a new chapter opens in a great American story that would boggle the mind of Horatio Alger: The Oprah Winfrey Network begins operating on cable television -- in enough markets to reach 80 million homes. This development will undoubtedly bring plenty of comment from people at each end of the Winfrey spectrum: those who love everything Oprah and those who are allergic to anything she touches. For the Oprah haters, who even have website posts and Facebook pages, this marks another milestone in what they call the cult of materialism and ego run amuck. For the "Opraholics," it provides ...
How Oprah Became Involved in a Vote-Rigging Controversy With Zach Anner
By Carl Franzen - Politics DailyOprah Winfrey may be the Queen of Daytime Talk Shows (and many other media, for that matter), but on the Internet, the crowd reigns supreme. That fact was never more clearly illustrated than this week, when Winfrey's contest to find a TV host for the upcoming cable channel OWN (set to launch in 2011) became entangled in a bizarre and geeky vote-rigging controversy involving a charming young comedian with cerebral palsy and the users of 4chan -- a notoriously vile, completely anonymous image-sharing website. Confused? Surge Desk attempts an explanation: The Starting Point "Your OWN Show: ...
5 Questions for Oprah as She Takes on Prime Time
By Mara Gay - AOL News(April 8) -- Oprah Winfrey isn't keeping her day job. The queen of the talk show announced Thursday that she will take on prime time after her daytime show ends its 24-year run at the end of the year. Her new show, "Oprah's Next Chapter," will air in the evening and will feature Winfrey interviewing celebrities in "unexpected places" like the Taj Mahal and the Great Wall of China, a press release said. Chris Pizzello, AP Oprah, shown here following the Academy Awards in March, will be gabbing with celebs on her new show, "Oprah's Next Chapter." "I'm going to take viewers with me, going to ...
Amid Tears, Oprah Winfrey Tells Audience She Will End Popular Show
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyOprah Winfrey tearfully told her audience Friday morning that she is shutting down her popular talk show on Sept. 9, 2011. "I love this show. This show has been my life. And I love it enough to know when it is time to say goodbye. Twenty-five years feels right in my bones and feels right in my spirit," she announced live at 9 a.m. in Chicago. She did not clarify speculation over whether she would step down to host a new daily talk show on her cable network, OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network. The current show is syndicated by CBS Television Distribution for broadcast throughout the day on 200 ...
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